T32 heavy tank

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T32 heavy tank
Type	Heavy tank
Place of origin	United States
Service history
Used by	United States
Wars	none
Production history
Designed	1945
Produced	1945–1946
No. built	4
Variants	T32 (2) T32E1 (2)
Specifications
Mass	120,000 lb (54,431 kg; 54 t)
Length	426.6 in (35.55 ft; 10.84 m) with gun 278.4 in (23.20 ft; 7.07 m) without gun
Width	148.3 in (12.36 ft; 3.77 m)
Height	110.7 in (9.23 ft; 2.81 m)
Crew	5
Armor	Turret Front: 298 mm (11.7 in) Side: 152–197 mm (6.0–7.8 in) Rear: 152 mm Gun shield: 298 mm Hull Front: 95–127 mm (3.7–5.0 in) Side: 76 mm (3.0 in) Rear: 51 mm (2.0 in)
Main armament	T15E2 90mm L/73 gun
Secondary armament	T32: 1 × Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber heavy machine gun HMG 2 × Browning .30 in (7.62 mm) caliber medium machine gun MMG T32E1: 1 × Browning .50 caliber HMG 1 × Browning .30 caliber MMG
Engine	Ford GAC V12, 770 hp (570 kW)
Power/weight	14.36 hp/t (10.71 kW/t)
Transmission	Cross Drive Transmission
Suspension	torsion-bar
Operational range	100 mi (160 km) (road range)
Maximum speed	22 mph (35 km/h) (roads)

The T32 heavy tank was a heavy tank project started by the United States Army to create an appropriate successor to the M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo". The US Ordnance board managed the production of four prototypes, the main goal being to have the new tank share many common parts with the M26 Pershing.